Download or read book The Man Who Swallowed the Wind written by Olga Walló and published by Viking. This book was released on with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to survive in Prague. The path of exemplary orphan Ivan begins at a children’s institution in the 1950s, leading him to a seminary, madhouse and philosophical faculty, before culminating at a Mexican Embassy in the 1990s. Along the way, he encounters secret agents, a foolish actress, mysterious handwritten texts, and even his own stomach. Will he find his father? Or the Father Almighty? Will he find himself? Detective story turned inside out, or picaresque tale?